We have selected the most exciting and engaging recent French Language Songs and bring them to you with a short introduction in English. The program has been split into three segments to allow for Station identification breaks and other announcements. Here is the lineup:Segment1Stromae,(Belgium),FormidableAmandine Bourgeois,(France),Envie d'Un Manque de ProblemesDaguerre,(France),CarmenCeline Dion,(Canada),Moi Quand Je PleureIAM,(France),L'Amour Qu'on Me donneLa Grande Sophie,(France),Sucrer les FraisesSegment2David Parienti,(France),Rien Au-dessus de NousJuliette Noureddine,(France),La Petite Robe NoireTristan Nihouarn,(France),Des MerveillesAnouk Aiata,(France),ErrerDetroit,(France), Droit dans le SoleilCircus,(France),Amour SuicideSegment3Babx,(France),Suzanne aux Yeux NoirsBarbara Carlotti,(France),J'ai ChangeYcare,(France),AvenueDaphne,(France),Rocambolesque MoroccoElephant,(France),Collective Mon Amour

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Prepare to be dazzled by the Music, Voices and Artists in this Whirlwind Tour of French Language Popular Music. This program was specially created for English Speaking Audiences. A great selection for Bastille Day, July 14.

We like to think of French Popular Music as a colorful tent. In the center stand srong pillars, representing the legendary artists from the 1950's. A bit further from the center we find the pillars of the next generation of Artists. At the periphery there is constant movement. Young artists are coming into the tent and immigrants are bringing their traditions, adapting them to the idiom of French Popular Music. You'll take a Grand Tour of this beautiful genre in less than an hour. The commentary is in English, but you'll be surrounded by beautiful melodies and voices singing in French. Prepare to be dazzled. This program is perfect to mark Bastille Day.

If you enjoy this program, then you will love the "Bonjour Chanson" Series which will bring you many hours of French Language Music.

Hear gypsy kids who play like Django in bars around Paris. They describe how they take a guitar and Django records into their caravans to try, for hours and hours, to copy the way he played. They describe how Django stayed faithful to his gypsy roots: he lived in a caravan and always refused to compromise his freedom. Like when he blew out a sell-out concert at Carnaigie Hall because "he didn't feel like playing". The star gypsy guitarist Bireli Lagrene says why, after years playing contemporary jazz, he's returned to the music of his roots and how Django, the most famous 'Manouche' (i.e. French) gypsy ever, has become a figurehead for their community. This trip to Paris, full of music from the new players and their hero, provides a new take on this great jazz guitarist and his significance for gypsies today.
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There aren’t too many European jazz men that get called “the greatest” but the gypsy pioneer of
jazz guitar Django Reinhardt is undoubtably one of them. Now, half a century after he died, French
bars and cafés are bobbing along to a new generation of French gypsies or ‘Manouches’ inspired by
Django, the violinist Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club of France. This report from John
Laurenson begins in one of a number of Paris venues where Django’s music is still thriving...
Take a listen!

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Marjorie Van Halteren moved to France in 1992 ? and now she reflects on the quiet life she sought in Northern France ? as she becomes more and more disturbed by the media reports from ?Over There? ? and her growing understanding of the ground beneath her own feet.
Little by little, she discovers her adopted home ? first scratching the surface, then delving into the backstory of a region ravaged by two world wars and filled with the bodies of young men and many other citizens ? in fact, all the lives of those now living are touched by the unquiet graves. ? This is a quiet place where war is part of the fabric of daily life.
This sonically-rich half-hour essay includes: a battlefield tour, memorials, dreams of the dead and voices of the living ? a view of our world as seen from over there .
Written by Marjorie Van Halteren
Produced in Flanders by Helen Engelhardt and Marjorie Van Halteren

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The capital of the movie industry is Hollywood. Its language is English. But the rest of the world doesn't necessarily understand the language of that capital, and they don't always want to read subtitles. Enter: voiceover actors. France has one of the most advanced voiceover dubbing industries in the world. And when a Hollywood actor gets famous enough, he or she begins to be dubbed by the same person each time.
This piece is a portrait of Thierry Desroses, the French voice of Samuel L. Jackson (among others).

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Brighten gaps in your programming with color and emotion. In each installment of 'Love The French Way' which runs from 4 to 7 minutes, we introduce your audience to a beautiful French Love Ballad which will brighten their day!

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Anouk Aiata's name means "the woman who eats the clouds in the sky"in the Maori language, but she was born, not in New Zealand but in Nogent sur Marne, in the Paris suburbs. Let's enjoy her song "Why Are You Looking at the Moon?" about a woman who catches her lover staring at the moon wistfully. What is troubling him? Will he leave her?

A church bell rings the hour in rural France. Then, two and a half minutes later, it rings it again. This sets Jackson Braider thinking about our modern obsession with synchronizing our clocks with those of the rest of the world. The piece is a mini-essay with sound.

The Global Guru is a weekly public radio spot that celebrates the oddities, the curiosities, the unknowns of global culture, particularly in countries where Americans have either single narrative story lines, like Afghanistan (war), Thailand (sex tourism), Rwanda, (genocide), or perhaps no story lines at all, like East Timor, Moldova, Malta, Lesotho, etc. Engaging and rich in sound, the 3:00 interstitial helps us connect to the vastness of human experience. Presenting station is WAMU in Washington, DC and sponsored by American University in DC. Some of our favorite past shows include: How do Cambodians predict the harvest each year? What messages do cigarettes send in Chinese business dealings? How did Tanzania become the capitol of barbershops? How and why does Thailand categorize food? What is Iceland’s most feared culinary delight? How do you track a Tasmanian devil? What are the hidden messages in Zulu beadwork?

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In this, the 15th Series of 5 episodes, we introduce 30 more beautiful French Language Songs with an English commentary. The artists are introduced and you'll know what the songs are about. Sit back and enjoy!

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Emotions run high, be it a young woman rejoicing over the unexpected return of her lover, or an older woman grieving about her loss of memory. A man named John meets Peter after 2000 years and recalls how they both were poor fishermen on lake Tiberias 20 centuries ago. And there is much more! Here is the lineup:Fredda,(France), Chant du RetourDick Annegarn,(France/Netherlands), BonjourZaz,(France), Si Je PerdsJean Ferrat,(France), Dans le Silence de la VilleAmel Bent,(France), Les temps qui courentFéloche,(France), A la Légère